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- Bank, Natasha, 1983-
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Sustainability-Oriented Business Incubators
- 2020
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Licentiatavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This thesis explores the attraction, selection, and support in sustainability-oriented business incubators. Business incubators as hatcheries for start-ups are considered key tools to enhance job creation and strengthen regional economies. While the world population grows and consumption of natural resources increases, the ecosystem services decline. If these issues are not properly addressed, the economic, social, and environmental pressures that are growing in our societies will lead to disasters and threats to humankind. Green incubators can implement sustainability thinking and the related principles in the start-up community right from the beginning, and hence play a significant role in reorienting start-up businesses towards sustainability.This study shows the importance of making business incubators better known to their potential clients in order to increase visibility and attract more green tenants. The sustainability-oriented business incubators (SOBI), to have a better selection of tenants, need to attract more sustainable entrepreneurs in the first place. Moreover, the selection criteria affect the in-house atmosphere of the incubator, which in turn affects the attraction of more like-minded tenants to the incubator. In addition, word of mouth through partners and referrals by successfully graduated tenants, as well as expert management teams including coaches and consultants and their related networks and mediations, exert more influence on the attraction. In other words, the attraction is dependent both on the selection criteria and the support given to the tenants. To attract proper tenants, a rich local environment, regional and inter-regional collaboration, a well-planned, well-structured pre-incubation process, and credibility of incubators with managerial sustainability expertise and well-established networks are also essential.When it comes to the selection processes, different factors affect the selection criteria, including business incubators’ goal and agenda such as job creation, diversification of the local economy, utilization of vacant property, commercialization of research, investment as well as owner and sponsors (including public and private), physical characters such as age, size, and occupancy rates. Furthermore, incubators might have different selection strategies such as rigorous-vs-flexible as well as entrepreneur-vs-idea priorities. The initial ambition of SOBIs is to select business ideas that are primarily geared towards sustainability. However, the empirical data has shown that it is not always achievable to attract a sufficient number of green tenants to meet those criteria. The challenges, for example, could be due to economic cycles, specialization, and high-bar (i.e., eligibility) criteria, location limits, lack of sustainable-minded entrepreneurs, and the like.In recent years, increased awareness about sustainability issues and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as well as signals from green financiers, business owners, and other stakeholders, have forced many incubators to adjust their selection criteria to match sustainability requirements. However, empirical results show that the support given to tenants in green incubators has not been different from conventional ones. But more recently (especially during the past two-three years), institutional forces and the need for more legitimacy have led more and more incubators (even conventional ones) to change their mindset and provide more support towards sustainable business ideas. The conclusions of this study imply that business incubators need to strive for making sustainable entrepreneurs, not selecting them. In order to provide comprehensive sustainability-oriented support, SOBIs need to recruit sustainability experts and educate management teams as well as their tenants about sustainability issues.
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- Bienkowska, Dzamila, 1978-, et al.
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New approaches of innovation support to inventors and idea owners
- 2019
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Intermediaries play a vital role in many regional and national innovation systems when it comes to e.g. connecting different actors as well as guiding and supporting inventors, idea owners and entrepreneurs. Since innovation can arise in a wide variety of contexts and industries it is of great importance to take a broad approach when support activities are created and implemented. In this study we focus on how different types of regional intermediaries approach and work together with new, or partially new, target groups that potentially face higher barriers to developing their ideas than those traditionally viewed as being entrepreneurial or innovative. Our results address ways of attracting broader target groups to innovation support activities; as well as of designing guidance and support suitable for these target groups. This study relates to the overall theme of societal outreach within the innovation challenge, in particular through dealing with the issues of how innovation support can contribute to more inclusive innovation.
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- Engzell, Jeanette, 1989-, et al.
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PODCASTS AS A LEARNING METHOD IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION
- 2023
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Ingår i: SEFI 2023 - 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education: Engineering Education for Sustainability, Proceedings. - : European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI). - 9782873520267 ; , s. 398-405
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Multimedia has been integrated in education the last 40 years but podcasts have more recently become popular. Since 2006 podcasts have become increasingly popular in Sweden and nowadays podcasts are used in all types of contexts but are yet to find a place in engineering education. Students do not acquire knowledge or solve problems in the same way. Using a mix of methods in teaching is therefore important if one has the ambition to democratize the learning processes and give students the same opportunity to learn. Traditionally, much of the university education has been based on lectures in classrooms and reading literature. During the pandemic, teachers switched to video lectures and online lectures. Even though all types of multimedia are involved in teaching today, podcasts have not become established as a learning method. This paper explores in what ways podcasts can be beneficial in engineering education. Specifically, the paper investigates what preferences students have on how podcasts for engineering education and how teachers effectively can design and develop podcasts in courses as a learning method. By addressing the gap of evidence on podcasts in engineering education, the findings contribute with effective solutions on how podcasts can be developed and implemented that will help students in their learning processes. © 2023 SEFI 2023 - 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education: Engineering Education for Sustainability, Proceedings. All Rights Reserved.
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- Frankelius, Per, 1966-, et al.
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Agricultural Innovation and the Role of Institutions : Lessons from the Game of Drones
- 2019
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Ingår i: Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics. - : Springer. - 1187-7863 .- 1573-322X. ; 32:5-6, s. 681-707
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In 2015, observers argued that the fourth agricultural revolution had been initiated. This article focuses on one part of this high-tech revolution: the origin, development, applications, and user value of unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Institutional changes connected to the UAS innovation are analyzed, based on a Swedish case study. The methods included autoethnography. The theoretical frame was composed by four perspectives: innovation, institutions, sustainability, and ethics. UAS can help farmers cut costs and produce higher quantity with better quality, and also has environmental benefits. However, this promising innovation was exposed to institutional forces and suddenly became subordinated the Act of Camera Surveillance. This study illuminates how legislative institutions can inhibit responsible innovation. The study shows that different ethical perspectives can collide with each other.
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- Johansson, Christer, 1965-, et al.
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Entreprenörskap och Företagande – Förutsättningar i projekt : En förstudie av socialfondsprojekt 2010
- 2011
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Syftet med denna studie har varit att utreda i vilken utsträckning projekt med stöd från europeiska socialfonden (ESF-projekt) kan leda till entreprenörskap och företagande och i så fall hur. Detta har gjorts utifrån ett urval av 14 ESF-projekt från en mindre lista som Tillväxtverket anvisat. De utvalda projekten har studerats beträffande entreprenörskap och företagande, om detta kan bidra till att förhindra utslagning och underlätta återgång till arbetslivet. De utvalda projektens projektlogik har analyserats – hur de arbetat med entreprenörskap och företagande, de studerade projektens arbetsprocess och uppbyggnad – hur man praktiskt arbetat. Datainsamlingen har gjorts genom besök och telefonintervjuer samt via enkät. Studien fokuserar på att visa på lärorika exempel som illustrerar framgångsfaktorer och hinder i arbetet för att förändra, förbättra och förstärka sysselsättningspolitiken, vilken inbegriper arbetsmarknads och näringspolitik samt kopplingar till social- och socialförsäkringspolitiken. Studien har kompletterats, för ett urval av projekten, med en undersökning av målgruppen – individerna som deltar i projekten. Det är dessutom viktigt att både projektarrangörernas och deltagarnas erfarenheter speglas i slutsatserna då detta är avgörande för att kunna uppfylla studiens syfte. De huvudsakliga resultaten från vår studie är följande: Entreprenörskap och företagande i olika former kan vara en typ av lösningar för att häva individers utanförskap. Det måste finnas en koppling mellan projektens mål, interventionen och resultaten, dvs. programlogiken måste vara tydlig. För detta krävs bland annat att projekten är väl förankrade i den kontext de verkar i. Det krävs även samverkan mellan inblandade aktörer, inte minst vid rekrytering/anvisning av deltagare till projekten. Projektledningen är en nyckelfaktor för projektets framgång. Vilken typ och grad av utanförskap som representeras hos de individer som deltar i projekten är styrande för projektens inriktning och aktiviteter.
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- Klofsten, Magnus, 1959-, et al.
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Stöd och utveckling av små och nya företag i landsbygdsregioner
- 2019
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Ingår i: Entreprenörskap för en levande landsbygd. - Växjö : Familjen Kamprads stiftelse. - 9789151919775 ; , s. 261-277
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- När man ska stödja företagande på landsbygden är det viktigt att skapa en kritisk massa av entreprenörer, företag och stödaktörer i den aktuella regionen. Mångfalden är viktig och samordning mellan aktörerna är A och O för att önskade åtgärder ska kunna genomföras effektivt. Det är viktigt att ha realistiska förväntningar avseende företagens tillväxtmöjligheter och inriktning. Att stödja brett är många gånger viktigare än att satsa på spets. Ett prestigelöst och gränsöverskridande arbetssätt är att föredra i alla företagsstödjande sammanhang och man bör undvika både tanke- och verksamhetsmässiga silos.
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- Klofsten, Magnus, 1959-, et al.
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Support and development of small and new firms in rural areas
- 2019
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper focuses on small business entrepreneurialism in rural areas and its special conditions and needs. Our aim is to present examples of and suggestions for how to encourage firm start-ups and the continuation possibly also the development and growth of existing firms. The paper is based on three cases that illustrate (1) challenges in the support system in rural areas, (2) various forms of support that could be used in rural areas, and (3) expectations that are eligible to put upon support activities designed for rural areas. The following main conclusions were drawn: Firstly, we found that successful support of rural businesses requires a critical mass of regional entrepreneurs, firms, and support actors. Diversity is critical, and the various actors must be coordinated to carry out the desired measures effectively. We also found that expectations for growth and orientation of the firms must be realistic. Many times, broad support is more important than targeted support. Finally, we were able to show that a cross-boundary collaborative work culture that avoids both thought silos and business silos and places no value on prestige should pervade all areas of business support.
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- Klofsten, Magnus, 1959-, et al.
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Support and development of small and new firms in rural areas : a case study of three regional initiatives
- 2020
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Ingår i: SN Applied Sciences. - : Springer. - 2523-3963 .- 2523-3971. ; 2:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper is based on qualitative analysis and addresses the important topic of small business entrepreneurialism in rural areas and its special conditions and needs. Our aim is to present examples of and suggestions for how to encourage firm start-ups and the continuation possibly also the development and growth of existing firms. The paper is based on three cases that illustrate (1) challenges in the support system in rural areas, (2) various forms of support that could be used in rural areas, and (3) expectations that are eligible to put upon support activities designed for rural areas. The main findings are that (1) that successful support of rural businesses requires a critical mass of regional entrepreneurs, firms, and support actors, (2) diversity is critical, and the various actors must be coordinated to carry out the desired measures effectively, (3) expectations for growth and orientation of the firms must be realistic because broad support is more important than targeted support, and (4) we were able to show that a cross-boundary collaborative work culture that avoids both thought silos and business silos and places no value on prestige should pervade all areas of business support.
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- Mileros, Martin Daniel, 1976-
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Mind Your Own Business : Understanding and characterizing value created by consumers in a digital economy
- 2020
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Licentiatavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- In the context of what is commonly referred to as consumer-centric digital economy, personal data has become the new currency which is utilized by consumers to be granted access to seemingly “free apps” within so-called digital zero-price markets. Simultaneously, there are consumers, known as “content creators”, who can generate million-dollar revenues annually. The current understanding of how consumers create and capture value within this new digital economy is scarce and more research is needed to systematically build a basis for creating an understanding of value creation and capture in the consumer-centric digital economy, based on a consumer perspective. The purpose of this dissertation is consequently to explore how consumers create and capture value within a consumer-centric digital economy. The explorative study also serves to obtain an initial overview of the phenomenon and the widely dispersed literature which spans different research fields. The collected data constitute more than 500 articles in combination with empirical data collected from websites.Based on the current literature, central concepts related to consumer-centric digital economy are explained. These include for instance Web 2.0, user-generated content and the consumerto- business relationship. The different concepts are discussed in relation to each other and a trend analysis shows that these concepts are on the rise and have become increasingly popular.The results show that consumers within the digital economy may take different roles, and some create value as business-oriented consumers (i.e., consumers who have a commercial interest). For instance, they make a business out of their participation in the digital economy. Examples are YouTubers, bloggers or creators in virtual worlds such as Second Life. Another, probably larger category is characterized as traditional consumers, for instance they participate in the digital economy through their use of seemingly “free” apps but do not reap any direct monetary benefits. By sharing their personal data, they take part in value creation in a more passive way. The findings also indicate that the level of control, e.g. determined by whether or not value is created within the digital platform, may characterize the prerequisites for value capture. Based on this, a taxonomy for value creation and value capture by consumers in the digital economy is developed. The study also identifies different business model types for business-oriented consumers.
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- Norrman, Charlotte, 1968-, et al.
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An Entrepreneurship Policy Programme : Implications and Expectations
- 2009
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Ingår i: International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. - 1465-7503 .- 2043-6882. ; 10:1, s. 33-42
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper investigates the extent to which the expected outcomes from a public support programme match the real outcomes and whether the support given matches the needs of the receivers. The findings are drawn from a survey of 154 ventures supported by a major Swedish entrepreneurship policy programme. The results show that public support increases motivation and has a positive effect on product development processes. One major implication is that there is a mismatch between product development and market development. This should therefore be an important consideration for the designers of all types of public support programmes.
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- Norrman, Charlotte, 1968-, et al.
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CDIO-based entrepreneurship courses as drivers of innovation in industrial segments
- 2017
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the 13th International CDIO Conference, University of Calgary,Calgary, Canada, June 18-22, 2017. - Calgary : University of Calgary. - 9780889533998 ; , s. 288-297
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- In this paper, we describe and discuss how in two CDIO-based entrepreneurship courses at Linköping University, Sweden, we encourage students to identify and solve challenges and problems in two adjacent industrial sectors, i.e., environmental technology and agricultural/green industries. Both courses are offered to a broad range of engineering programs. The industrial sectors chosen give the students a delimited context incorporating direction, business culture and technology, that forms a basis for the students on which to build their entrepreneurship cases. Working with real challenges gives real-life experience of how models and frameworks can be utilized and correctly executed. In addition, it increases project relevance, student motivation and learning.One challenge to overcome is the fact that many students lack previous work-life experience and a thorough knowledge of the industrial sectors in focus. Experiences from earlier courses told us that this made it difficult for students identify and develop realistic, yet challenging and new business ideas on their own to. To remedy this, we tested facilitating interaction with industry, and through this help the students to detect real problems. Furthermore, it was anticipated that interaction with external actors, such as established businesses, organizations and potential customers, helps students to adjust and fine-tune needs and demands to create business ideas that could have real potential. As an added benefit, this approach could enable academia to act as co-creator in industrial problem solving, i.e., to put academic knowledge to practical use in society. Based on our own experiences and student feedback we discuss how this approach forced the students out of their comfort zones, challenged their creativity and enhanced their learning.
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- Norrman, Charlotte, 1968-, et al.
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COMICIR - COMMERCIALIZATION OF INNOVATIVE CHALLENGES FROM INDUSTRY AND RESEARCH
- 2023
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Ingår i: SEFI 2023 - 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education: Engineering Education for Sustainability, Proceedings. - : European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI). - 9782873520267 ; , s. 1025-1033
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- At Linköping university, a model to facilitate impact and bridge the gap between research, education, and business creation, has been developed. It is named “ComICIR”, which stands for Commercialization of Innovative Challenges from Industry and Research. The model allows researchers, firms, and students to work in a co-creation process that are built on the following five steps: (1) research validation, (2) idea generation, (3) idea validation, (4) idea evaluation and, (5) innovation strategy. In the paper, we describe the model and analyse how challenges and ideas could be developed and experientially based pedagogical approaches could be adjusted in order to benefit the regional ecosystem of research, education and industry and contribute to reaching increased impact of innovative ideas and ventures. Our main finding is that CBL is beneficial but requires close cooperation between teachers and innovation support actors. Flexibility is needed to fit the purpose of the course as well as the needs of the challenge providers. Hence, challenges need to be categorized and qualified to take into account the aim and scope of the challenge as well as its degree of development as this affects how the challenges should be written and treated to get the best outcome.
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- Norrman, Charlotte, 1968-, et al.
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Effects of ESF projects
- 2013. - 1
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Ingår i: Capturing effects. - Lund : Studentlitteratur. - 9789144093000 ; , s. 117-130
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Norrman, Charlotte, 1968-, et al.
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Effekter av ESF-projekt
- 2013. - 1
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Ingår i: Att fånga effekter. - Lund : Studentlitteratur. - 9789144088846 ; , s. 115-128
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Stora projekt som finansieras av EU utvärderas alltid. Men är dessa utvärderingar rättvisande? Letar man efter de verkliga och hållbara effekterna? Att fånga effekter av stora projekt är en svår uppgift. Inte minst beror det på att verkningarna kan vara av många olika slag - oväntade, icke avsedda, överraskande, dolda och ibland utanför målområdet. Det gör det inte mindre angeläget: dessa effekter kan vara viktigare än de planerade, avsedda och förväntade. I denna bok beskrivs resultatet av ett flertal analyser av utvecklingsarbete i stora projekt och program - i organisationer, på regional nivå, i nationella program med mera. Slutsatserna dras från teoretiska analyser samt från en lång rad empiriska studier. Boken vänder sig till forskare, regionalt utvecklingsansvariga och myndighetsföreträdare. Den kan användas i utbildning av olika slag - inom flera områden i högskolan och till projektledare, utvärderare, följeforskare och finansiärer samt projektägare.
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- Norrman, Charlotte, 1968-, et al.
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Entrepreneurship against all odds : tool to create social cohesion, inclusion and jobs
- 2012
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Ingår i: 17th Nordic Conference on Small Business Research (NCSB 2012), Helsinki, FINLAND, ABSTRACT VOLUME. - Helsinki, Finland : School of Economics Small Business Center. ; , s. 1-
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Large sums have during the recent years been allocated towards the European Social Fund (ESF) goals of job creation, inclusion and social cohesion. Entrepreneurship has been launched as important tool to reach the desired outcomes. In this paper we have investigated whether entrepreneurship is present in the context of ESF projects, how it is constituted and, by whom it is carried out. The findings show that there were grains of entrepreneurship in most of the projects studied. It was carried out by project participants in the form of new general ventures, and in the form of social entrepreneurship ventures. In the latter, the targeted individuals were in a deep social exclusion position, and the entrepreneurship was carried out by the project managers. Jobs and inclusion were created, but we question for how long.
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- Norrman, Charlotte, 1968-
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Entrepreneurship Policy : Public Support for Technology-Based Ventures
- 2008
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The subject of this thesis is entrepreneurship policy and the focus is on public support programmes directed to early stages technology-based ventures. It advocates that a broad view should be taken with regard to the type of policies for entrepreneurship that aim at supporting the facilitation of the supported ventures’ ability to link to their surrounding innovation system, in which they can secure their access to crucial external resources. Taking the departure in the perspective that early stages technology-based ventures are vulnerable, this thesis shows that publicly financed entrepreneurship supporting programmes can be motivated because small and newly started ventures have got limited resources, and because the risks, with which they are associated, generally make them unattractive in the eyes of private actors.Among the practical implications of this thesis, the following findings are emphasised: Public support, directed to the very earliest stages of venture development benefits from broadness, for the latter stages, specialisation and a higher degree of selectiveness could be an advantage. Moreover, it is important that the support provided take into account the whole process of business development, i.e. both the issues concerned with product/service and the issues connected to the market. A long-term commitment, cooperation between different actors and information about what support is available, are other aspects that are important for policymakers to consider in their design of public policies to support entrepreneurship. Finally, the importance of evaluative awareness must be emphasised from the very start.
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- Norrman, Charlotte, 1968-, et al.
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Entrepreneurship policy to support new innovative ventures: Is it effective?
- 2010
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Ingår i: International Small Business Journal. - : SAGE. - 0266-2426 .- 1741-2870. ; 28:6, s. 602-619
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Using Swedish data, we investigate whether the effectiveness of an entrepreneurship policy programme can be traced over time among those firms it supports. The results are drawn from a longitudinal matched pair analysis. Hypotheses were tested every year for eight years. The main conclusions are: when bias is considered the public support programme has not generated measurable additionality and the programme has to some extent been able to select firms on a general level; however, among those selected, the scheme has not been able to identify potentially successful firms.
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- Norrman, Charlotte, 1968-, et al.
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Innovationssystemets stödaktörer möter unga 18-30 år
- 2012
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- På uppdrag av programmet Ungas Innovationskraft har vi gjort en kartläggning av stödaktörerna i det Svenska innovationssystemet. Syftet med kartläggningen är att undersöka hur aktörerna i det befintliga innovations- och entreprenörskapsstödjande systemet arbetar med att stimulera, synliggöra och utveckla/stödja ungas innovationskraft. Datainsamlingen har gjorts i två steg; först en webinventering som grund och därefter en intervjuundersökning där respondenter från 30 stödaktörer från sammanlagt 7 NUTS-regioner intervjuades. De intervjuade aktörerna är hämtade från såväl storstad som glesbyggd och representationen är spridd från Malmö i söder till Jokkmokk i norr. Våra resultat visar att det finns ett stort utbud av aktörer, med olika inriktning och kompetens som kan stötta idéutveckling, innovation, entreprenörskap och företagande ute i landet. Dock finns det mycket som tyder på att denna djungel av aktörer är svårnavigerad för den som söker stöd, varför en ökad positionering och en ökad samordning aktörerna emellan skulle vara lämplig. Målgruppen unga 18-30 år har hittills inte varit i nämnvärt fokus, dock ser vi att förändringar verkar vara på gång. Förmodligen behövs såväl kompetensutveckling som föryngring av rådgivargruppen för att bättre möta och hantera unga människors idéer. Vi kan också se att det är få aktörer som kan bistå med finansiering för ungas idéer. Sociala medier ses som en lösning att nå unga människor, men vi ifrågasätter om det är hela svaret.
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- Norrman, Charlotte, 1968-
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Publicly Funded Support of Technology-Based Ventures
- 2005
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Licentiatavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This thesis is about publicly funded support of technology-based ventures. These ventures are regarded as solutions to create growth and societal development. They are commonly originated from universities, institutes or other firms and their products or techniques are commonly new or at least different from the ordinary. They are therefore considered as being of higher risk than generic new firms, but if successful they may also give higher returns. Hence, a range of efforts has been undertaken to support them. However, concerning the issue of public support, gaps of research have been exposed.This thesis aims to give some answers on the question of what characterizes the public support given to technology-based ventures in Sweden. It elucidates two types of public support, the “configuration-type” and the “process-type” The first is studied by using statistical databases built upon the conditional loans and the innovation subsidies that were offered by Sweden Innovation Centre during the years 1994-2003. The second type concerns incubator support, and investigates how best practise incubators can be evaluated. Among the results, it can be mentioned that different support actors use different selection criteria depending on their goals, however the credibility of the applying venture is crucial for approval. Furthermore, a framework for best practice evaluation is developed.
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- Norrman, Charlotte, 1968-, et al.
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Seed Funding for Innovative Ventures : A Survey of Public Finance, Venture Capital
- 2010
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Ingår i: New Technology-Based Firms at the New Millennium. - Oxford : Elsevier Science Ltd.. - 9780857243737 ; , s. -229
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- "The New Technology-Based Firms in the New Millenium" series provides up to date research on a variety of aspects of High Technology Small Firm formation and growth (HTSFs) from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives and from national contexts throughout the world. This edited book series reflects on and shapes currently popular national government policies insofar as they relate to HTSFs. It is the only international publication specifically dealing with HTSF formation and growth and it uniquely provides an uninterrupted record of research in this area since 1993. This latest volume is a collection of the best papers presented at the HTSF Conference held in the United Kingdom at Manchester Business School in June 2007. Three major themes have emerged. Six particularly strong chapters of this volume are devoted to the critical problems of HTSF financing, comprising two contributions from the United Kingdom and individual chapters from Sweden, the Irish Republic, Italy, and Belgium. A further four papers are concerned with aspects of strategic development in HTSFs, and a final group of three papers deal with HTSF marketing problems, often in a 'born global' strategic context.
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- Norrman, Charlotte, 1968-, et al.
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Simple Mockups : Tool to Enhance Visualisation and Creativity inEntrepreneurship Courses
- 2017
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the 13th International CDIO Conference, University of Calgary,Calgary, Canada, June 18-22, 2017. - Calgary : University of Calgary. - 9780889533998 ; , s. 481-489
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The CDIO framework encourages us to work with prototyping during the conceive and design phases integrated into engineering education. At Linköping university, we apply prototyping and working with simple mockups in several entrepreneurship and innovation courses in order to stimulate creative thinking and experimentation. We have seen that through working with a joint prototype, the students increase their level of engagement and self-confidence while learning to know each other, both as individuals, and according to their skills and competence. Prototyping events are appreciated as learning activities, not least as they signal a culture of playfulness and unpretentiousness within a course. We have also seen that it is important to inspire the participating students to reflect on the event in order to complete the learning process. In the paper we analyse and discuss our experience regarding how and at what time in a course simple prototypes can be used, how workshops can be developed, and what we have learned.
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- Norrman, Charlotte, 1968-, et al.
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Stöd till innovativa företag : Utvärdering av ett policyinitiativ
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- I den föreliggande rapporten redovisar vi resultaten av den uppföljning som utförts vid Linköpings Universitet av de 60 företag som år 2002, 2003 och 2004 fick det av VINNOVA och NUTEK instiftade programmet VINN NU. VINN NU-finansieringen är ett bidrag om 300.000 kronor som varje år i konkurrens delas ut till upp till 20 företag med idéer i kunskapsintensiva branscher. Programmet instiftades 2002 i syfte att möta finansieringsbehovet hos innovativa företag i ett tidigt utvecklingsskede. Uppföljningen har genomförts i form av enkätbaserade telefonintervjuer med VINN NU-företagen. Vi har kartlagt basuppgifter om företagen, följt upp deras utveckling baserat på de åtta hörnstenarna i Klofstens (1992) affärsplattformsmodell. Vidare har vi undersökt VINN NU-företagens attityder till programmet samt efterfrågat deras åsikter om styrkor och förbättringsområden för VINN NU-programmet.Sammantaget visar vår undersökning att VINN NU-programmet har uppfyllt sina mål. Företagen har, med genomsnittliga mått mätt, utvecklats positivt på samtliga centrala frågeställningar inom ramen för affärsplattformens hörnstenar. Vi bedömer det därför som högst sannolikt att VINN NUprogrammet bidragit till att de företag som fått stödet utvecklats positivt.Förbättringarna har varit allra störst på de centrala frågeställningar som konstituerar företagens produkter/ tjänster, övriga relationer (t ex med finansiärer och andra stödjande aktörer) och marknaden för dess erbjudande. De tillfrågade företagen ansåg att offentligt stöd till företag i tidiga utvecklingsskeden är viktigt. De ansåg även att dessa stöd bör kombineras med rådgivning och att de bör ges ett långsiktigt perspektiv. VINN NUfinansieringen sågs som en viktig ”morot” eller ”motivationshöjare” som som ökar företagarnas lust att lägga ner ytterligare kraft och engagemang på att vidareutveckla företaget. Man kan heller inte bortse från finansieringens trovärdighetsförhöjande effekt gentemot omgivande aktörer som exempelvis externa finansiärer.Andra resultat som framkommit är att de studerade företagen kan karaktäriseras som kunskapsintensiva från en rad olika branscher, där ICT och Biotech är de dominerande. Grundarna till företagen var även välutbildade eller mycket välutbildade (magisterexamen eller forskarutbildning). De skiljer sig åt storleksmässigt, det största företaget omsätter ca 30 miljoner medan flera helt saknar, eller har mycket låg omsättning. Företagen har tillväxtambitioner, dock var flertalet företag, sett till antalet anställda, fortfarande relativt små vid uppföljningstillfället.
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- Onufrey, Ksenia, 1985-, et al.
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Digital tools for self-study and examination
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Digitalization and increased use of information and communication technology (ICT) are major change processes taking place in engineering education today. Self-study and examination are areas with high potential for beneficial use of digital ICT tools. Some advantages with such tools are that students' can continuously assess their own learning in relation to the course objectives while they also can provide an opportunity to meet the teachers' needs to control how the students absorb the course material. Moreover, automatic provision of quick or instant feedback through digital tools can stimulate students’ commitment and active learning and allow students greater flexibility in their learning process, with tests that can be conducted online regardless of time and space and can be repeated as needed. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how different types of ICT-based self-study and examination practices can be implemented in courses on topics such as project management, product development, and entrepreneurship, and build a knowledge base necessary for future systematic implementation of digital examinations. Our study is based on an educational development project at Linköping University, where we tested and evaluated different models and approaches for digital knowledge testing in a number of selected courses.We discuss both positive and potentially problematic aspects of the use of digital tools and conclude that successful implementation is dependent on well-planned integration of such tools into the overall course where different types of activities enhance each other. Thus, this study connects the areas of digital self- study and examination and provides examples of first steps on the way towards implementation of ICT-based examination practices.
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